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    Join Date: Nov 2014

    Location: somerset

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    I'm david.

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    hi, i was playing with my system and had the caiman running using the supplied psu, it seemed a little edgy when playing usb files.

    I then substituted the battery power (ankara) and the edginess seemed to disappear and usb digital became listenable to with pleasure and although i prefer vinyl, much of my music is only available in digital form.

    I am wondering whether this is a figment of my imagination (a day passed between using the psu and substituting the battery) or if this is a recognized phenomena - fyi the laptop source is battery and has always been so.

    david

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    Join Date: May 2016

    Location: Navan

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    I'm Jo.

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    Hello David, I have found using a battery less fatiguing in conjunction with a Caiman 2 and a Capella [HPA] where the DAC is receiving data from laptop, but, just to complicate things, when using a CD transport into the same combination I prefer a linear mains supply because the mellowness of the battery seems to disappear.

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    Join Date: Apr 2011

    Location: Surrey

    Posts: 4,162
    I'm Mike.

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    I found the Ankaka battery a big step up for my Caiman
    TAD CD / DAC / Pre, Technics 1210, MCRU PSU, Mike New Bearing & Platter, Stillpoints LP1 weight, Speedy Steve Ebony armboard, Fidelity Research FR64FX arm, Ortofon SPU. Aurorasound VIDA Phono Pre Amp, TAD Power Amp, TAD E1 speakers. Coherent RTZ 3 Grounding box, Coherent grounding cables, Creaktiv racks. Coherent Mains Cables. SR Blue Fuse. Interconnects : Coherent and Yannis 223.5 Connect Litz. Coherent speaker cable. Audio Magic Transcendence Conditioner. Coherent mains socket. Mains Filters : , PS Audio Harvesters, Russ Andrews Purifiers, Tacima, Vertex. Black Ravioli and RDC supports. Electric Beach S1NX platforms for TAD CD and Technics. Ferrite chokes everywhere except the above. Ears, brain

    Mike

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